Meltwater Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 2001

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Private

  • Employees
  • 2,354

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • PE Growth

  • Financing Rounds
  • 10

  • Investments
  • 24

Meltwater General Information

Description

Meltwater NV provides social and media intelligence. By examining millions of posts each day from social media platforms, blogs and news sites, Meltwater helps companies make better, more informed decisions based on insight from the outside. The principal business activities generate revenue through one operating segment namely Media Intelligence.

Contact Information

Formerly Known As
Magenta News
Ownership Status
Privately Held (backing)
Financing Status
Private Equity-Backed
Corporate Office
  • Møllergata 23
  • 5th Floor
  • 0179 Oslo
  • Norway
+47 940
Primary Industry
Business/Productivity Software
Other Industries
Media and Information Services (B2B)
Vertical(s)
SaaS
Former Stock Listing
MWTRF
Corporate Office
  • Møllergata 23
  • 5th Floor
  • 0179 Oslo
  • Norway
+47 940

Meltwater Timeline

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Meltwater Valuation & Funding

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Meltwater Comparisons

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Employees
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Meltwater NV provides social and media intelligence. By examining millions of posts each day from social media platforms
Business/Productivity Software
Oslo, Norway
2,354 As of 2022

Chicago, IL
 

Luxembourg, Luxembourg
 
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Meltwater Competitors (40)

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Sprout Social Formerly VC-backed Chicago, IL
Talkwalker Private Equity-Backed Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Oktopost Venture Capital-Backed Ramat Gan, Israel
Zignal Labs Venture Capital-Backed San Francisco, CA
Critical Mention, an Onclusive Company Private Equity-Backed New York, NY
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Meltwater Patents

Meltwater Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-11847105-B1 Association-rule based data outlier detection and record completion system and method Active 29-Dec-2022
US-11656868-B1 System and method for translating existential datalog into differential dataflow Active 17-Oct-2022
US-11675790-B1 Computing company competitor pairs by rule based inference combined with empirical validation Active 01-Apr-2022
US-20190026491-A1 Event processing system Active 24-Jul-2017
US-10579827-B2 Event processing system to estimate unique user count Active 24-Jul-2017 G06F21/6254
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Meltwater Signals

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Key Data Points

Similarweb Unique Visitors

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Meltwater Investors

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds Contact Info

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Meltwater Investments & Acquisitions (24)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
Bethniel Finance 22-Jun-2023 Financial Software
DeepReason.ai 19-Nov-2021 Business/Productivity Software
Owler 18-Jun-2021 Media and Information Services (B2B)
Linkfluence 05-May-2021 Business/Productivity Software
Klear 14-Apr-2021 Merger/Acquisition Business/Productivity Software
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Meltwater Subsidiaries (6)

Company Name Industry Location Founded
Owler Media and Information Services (B2B) San Mateo, CA 2011
Jobylon Business/Productivity Software Stockholm, Sweden
Klarity Analytics Social/Platform Software Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology Accelerator/Incubator Accra, Ghana
DataSift Media and Information Services (B2B) Reading, United Kingdom
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Meltwater Exits (3)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size Status Buyers
Bethniel Finance 22-Jun-2023 Completed
  • 3 buyers
Cision US 05-Jun-2014 Completed
  • 2 buyers
Beam Remit 01-Jan-2014 Corporate Completed
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Meltwater FAQs

  • When was Meltwater founded?

    Meltwater was founded in 2001.

  • Where is Meltwater headquartered?

    Meltwater is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

  • What is the size of Meltwater?

    Meltwater has 2,354 total employees.

  • What industry is Meltwater in?

    Meltwater’s primary industry is Business/Productivity Software.

  • Is Meltwater a private or public company?

    Meltwater is a Private company.

  • What is the current valuation of Meltwater?

    The current valuation of Meltwater is .

  • What is Meltwater’s current revenue?

    The current revenue for Meltwater is .

  • How much funding has Meltwater raised over time?

    Meltwater has raised $65M.

  • Who are Meltwater’s investors?

    Verdane, Marlin Equity Partners, and Altor Equity Partners have invested in Meltwater.

  • Who are Meltwater’s competitors?

    Sprout Social, Talkwalker, Oktopost, Zignal Labs, and Critical Mention, an Onclusive Company are some of the 40 competitors of Meltwater.

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